期刊
BIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 15, 期 7, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0228
关键词
distribution; extinction; polymorphism; species range; ecological function
资金
- KAKENHI [26650154]
- Toyota Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26650154] Funding Source: KAKEN
Polymorphisms in a population are expected to increase the growth rate and the stability of the population, leading to the expansion of geographical distribution and mitigation of extinction risk of a species. However, the generality of such ecological consequences of colour polymorphism remain, uncertain. Here, via a comparative approach, we assessed whether colour polymorphisms influence climatic niche breadth and extinction risk in some groups of damselflies, butterflies and vertebrates. The climatic niche breadth was greater, and extinction risk was lower in polymorphic specie, than in monomorphic species in all taxa analysed. The results suggest that colour polymorphism facilitates range expansion and species persistence.
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